Eco‐physiological responses of <i>Calamagrostis epigejos</i> L (Roth) and <i>Solidago gigantea</i> Aition to complex environmental stresses in coal‐mine spoil heaps

Kompała‐Bąba, Agnieszka; Sierka, Edyta; Bierza, Wojciech; Bąba, Wojciech; Błońska, Agnieszka; Woźniak, Gabriela

doi:10.1002/ldr.4119

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“…The study site was the "So snica" hard coal post-mine spoil heap in Gliwice and Zabrze (50 16 0 22 00 N, 18 44 0 43 00 E), Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Southern Poland. The regional climate is classified as temperate, with an average annual precipitation of 727 mm and an average annual temperature of 8.5 C. Hard coal has been mined for over 250 years and covers approximately 170 hectares with a height of more than 30 m (Kompała-Bąba et al, 2021). The spoil heap is composed of carboniferous rocks, primarily shale, sandstone, and their conglomerate (Prasad et al, 2018).…”

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The interactive effect of reclamation scenario and vegetation types on physical parameters of soils developed on carboniferous mine spoil heap

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Bulk density, porosity, and water retention capacity play a key role in limiting root growth and nutrient uptake in developed technogenic soils. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of reclamation technologies and different vegetation types on vital physical soil properties formed from carboniferous materials. The case study was conducted on Sośnica hard coal post‐mine spoil heaps (Upper Silesian Coal Basin of Southern Poland). Nine experimental combinations of reclamation technologies and vegetation types were tested. For vegetation types and basic physical soil parameters, 120 plots (10 × 10 m) were selected. The texture analysis was done on composite soil samples collected at two uppermost soil depths (0–10 and 10–20 cm). Intact structure samples were collected into 100cm3 cylinders from the middle of each plot at both depths for bulk density (BD), porosity, capillary water capacity (CWC), and soil water storage (SWS). In the comparison of different reclamation scenarios, we noted that topsoiling increased BD, whereas CWC and porosity decreased. Spontaneous succession had the same effect on BD, porosity, and CWC as cultivation. Revegetation of the spoil heap with grasses and forbs resulted in lower BD and higher porosity and CWC in the top layer (0–10 cm), whereas woodland resulted in lower BD and higher porosity and CWC at lower depths (10–20 cm). The decreasing order of the SWS was grassland > forbland > woodland. Thus, forbs and grasses should be followed by tree planting, which is crucial to improving the hostile physical properties of the Carboniferous postmine soils.

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The interactive effect of reclamation scenario and vegetation types on physical parameters of soils developed on carboniferous mine spoil heap

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“…Our obtained results indicate that biodiversity does not depend on the method of reclamation, which translates into key ecosystem functions, such as CO 2 storage and tree productivity [68]. However, this may be due to having access to similar propagules and the extent of the environmental adaptation of the plants to the environmental conditions of spoil heaps [18].…”

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“…A comprehensive understanding of the technical aspects involved in handling spoil heaps, and a recognition of their ecological significance in urban and industrial settings, is essential. This knowledge empowers individuals and communities to actively engage in supporting and restoring ecological functions, such as plant community succession, dynamic soil processes, soil microbiological activity, afforestation efficiency, biomass production, carbon (C) sequestration [3], the development of biodiversity [17], as well as the response of the plants to environmental stress factors [18]. A large body of research has shown that biodiversity loss can reduce ecosystem functioning.…”

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Biodiversity Characteristics and Carbon Sequestration Potential of Successional Woody Plants versus Tree Plantation under Different Reclamation Treatments on Hard-Coal Mine Heaps––A Case Study from Upper Silesia

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In the discussion about sustainable forestry, a key role is played by the development of ecosystem services, including ecological, social, and economic ones, in which biodiversity and carbon (C) sequestration are among the most important. Afforestation of disturbed and post-mining sites is one of the ways to minimize the negative impact of civilization on the environment. Optimizing C sequestration strategies at post-mining sites plays a crucial role in promoting ecosystem recovery, supporting climate change mitigation, and enabling C offsetting. In this study, we compared the C storage in the soil and plant biomass of forest ecosystems developed on coal-mine heaps for different scenarios of reclamation and succession. We tested combinations of sites (i.e., non-reclaimed sites on bare carboniferous rock [BR] and sites reclaimed by applying topsoil [TS]) and successional woodland and tree plantation. The estimated potential for total C storage (in the soil + biomass) for TS sites ranged from 68.13 to 121.08 Mg ha−1, of which 52.20–102.89 Mg ha−1 was stored in the soil and 12.09–20.15 Mg ha−1 in the biomass. In the non-reclaimed sites on BR, the total C storage was much higher, amounting to 523.14 Mg ha−1 (507.66 Mg ha−1 being in the soil), which was due to the geogenic coal content in the BR. However, the C storage in the biomass (15.48 Mg ha−1) and litter (5.91 Mg ha−1) was similar to the amounts obtained from the reclaimed sites. The number of species did not differ statistically significantly between the analyzed variants. On average, 14 species were recorded in the plots. The average Shannon–Wiener index (H’) value was higher for sites with BR (1.99) than TS variants on reclaimed plots (1.71). The lowest H’ value was for those plots with Robinia pseudacacia in the stand. One of the main implications of the obtained results for sustainable forestry is the perspective of using succession in the recovery of a disturbed ecosystem. We noted that woodlands from succession on BR are highly biodiverse, have high C sequestration potential, and do not require time-consuming reclamation treatments.

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“…Calamagrostis epigeios is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Poaceae family with a long creeping rhizome. The plant tolerates salinity, quickly captures substrates, and is resistant to the influence of heavy metals (Beshley et al, 2010;Beshley, 2011;Kompała-Bąba et al, 2021b).…”

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Microbiota of the rhizosphere zone of Calamagrostis epigeios from a coal mine waste dump

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The microbiota plays an important role in the processes of plant overgrowth of coal mine waste dumps, enabling the transformation of numerous compounds into forms available to plants. The overgrowth of coal mine dumps is influenced by many factors. Pioneers are plant species that have a wide ecological and phytocenotic amplitude. Calamagrostis epigeios (L.) Roth. occupies a special place among them. The composition of the microbiota of the rhizosphere zone of C. epigeios was studied in relation to the age of the plants and the stage of the succession of the “Vizeyska” mine dump (Ukraine). It was established and confirmed as a result of two-factor variance analysis that the growth phase of C. epigeios and the stage of the succession of coal mine waste dumps have different effects on the number of microorganisms from the rhizosphere zone of plants. The number of pedotrophic microorganisms, microorganisms that metabolize nitrogen of organic compounds, cellulose-degrading microorganisms, and microscopic fungi depended more on the age of C. epigeios, and not on the stage of the succession of the studied area. The number of chemolithotrophic bacteria, particularly thiobacteria, decreased with the change of the growth phase of C. epigeios. The number of acidophobic thiobacteria depended more on the stage of succession, and the number of acidophilic thiobacteria depended more on the age of the C. epigeios. The number of microorganisms that metabolize nitrogen of organic compounds, oligonitrophilic microorganisms and microorganisms that metabolize nitrogen of inorganic compounds in the samples of tailings from the area with grasses and perennials and from the area with grasses, shrubs, and sun-loving trees was higher, compared to the number of these groups of microorganisms in the control and changed with the change in the growth phase of C. epigeios. The number of microorganisms that metabolize nitrogen of organic compounds, oligonitrophilic microrganisms and microorganisms that metabolize nitrogen of inorganic compounds was the highest in the samples from the area with grasses, shrubs, and sun-loving trees during the adult growth phase of C. epigeios. In the area where C. epigeios dominated within the vegetation, the highest number of microorganisms that metabolize nitrogen of organic compounds was also during the adult phase of C. epigeios, and the number of bacteria that assimilate mineral forms of nitrogen and oligonitrophilic microorganisms was the highest during the sub-adult stage. The index of pedotrophicity is higher in the samples taken in the area where C. epigeios prevails among other herbaceous plants, and where in the tree layer there are Betula pendula, Populus tremula with an admixture of Pinus sylvestris. Pedotrophicity indices which were calculated for these samples do not depend on the growth stage of C. epigeios and are higher than for the control area. Immobilization-mobilization of nitrogen indices in samples of tailings from the area with grasses and perennials and from the area with grasses, shrubs, and sun-loving trees ranged from 1.94 to 3.52 and were higher compared to the control site.

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Eco‐physiological responses of Calamagrostis epigejos L (Roth) and Solidago gigantea Aition to complex environmental stresses in coal‐mine spoil heaps

Cited by 11 publications

References 93 publications

The interactive effect of reclamation scenario and vegetation types on physical parameters of soils developed on carboniferous mine spoil heap

The interactive effect of reclamation scenario and vegetation types on physical parameters of soils developed on carboniferous mine spoil heap

Biodiversity Characteristics and Carbon Sequestration Potential of Successional Woody Plants versus Tree Plantation under Different Reclamation Treatments on Hard-Coal Mine Heaps––A Case Study from Upper Silesia

Microbiota of the rhizosphere zone of Calamagrostis epigeios from a coal mine waste dump

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